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Free Workplace Articles Library - over 2,100 online : What's New 14 New Links: Adopt systems thinking strategy to boost project successBy Donna Fitzgerald - A system is defined as a "group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole." This means we can be sure that the problem our project is intended to address has its roots in more than one cause and is having both direct and indirect effects within our company. In order to truly understand our initial conditions, we should begin every project by asking what Peter Senge calls the 'Five Whys'. new (Added: 13-Dec-2006 Hits: 216 )Applying the Power of Systems Thinking to InnovationBy Daniel Aronson - This short article can only provide the flavor of systems thinking. If I have whetted your appetite, you may want to pursue this subject by reading Peter Senge’s The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization and his The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook (Currency Doubleday, New York, 1990, 1994). new (Added: 13-Dec-2006 Hits: 167 )Applying Systems Thinking To Understand Canadian SportsBy Rose Mercier - This article addresses how the Canadian sporting system contributes to challenges and issues facing women coaches. It also suggests strategies for change. new (Added: 13-Dec-2006 Hits: 116 )Leadership And Systems ThinkingBy Col. George E. Reed - Learn how to apply systems thinking to enhance leadership skills. Also learn about the author's three-prong approach to systems thinking. new (Added: 13-Dec-2006 Hits: 220 )Targeted InnovationBy Daniel Aronson - This article provides an introduction to some of the foundations and concepts of systems thinking. It demonstrates how using systems thinking will increase innovation. new (Added: 13-Dec-2006 Hits: 122 )System Dynamics For KidsBy Jim Hight - An interesting article about teaching children how to problem solve throughly by looking at every aspect of the problem and how every proposed solution can effect the whole system under study. new (Added: 13-Dec-2006 Hits: 90 )System DynamicsBy n a - System dynamics is the same as systems thinking. Read this description and learn how to apply such holistic thinking to your life. new (Added: 13-Dec-2006 Hits: 119 )Lean Systems ThinkingBy Paul Mullenhour and Jamie Flinchbaugh - Successful quality improvement involves using all the tools and methodologies at your disposal. Traditional lean efforts will help you reduce flow time and waste, leading to improvements that will boost overall quality. Six Sigma, with its focus on statistics, will help you deliver a more consistent product. But to fully support your long-term goals, you need the all-important third component: the cultural change that comes with adopting lean rules, principles and vision. new (Added: 13-Dec-2006 Hits: 155 )Systems Thinking - An Operational Perspective of the UniverseBy Gene Bellinger - Systems Thinking is, more than anything else, a mindset for understanding how things work. It is a perspective for going beyond events, to looking for patterns of behavior, to seeking underlying systemic interrelationships which are responsible for the patterns of behavior and the events. Systems Thinking embodies a world-view. new (Added: 13-Dec-2006 Hits: 140 )Archetypes - Interaction Structures of the UniverseBy Gene Bellinger - This article is essentially a continuation of Systems Thinking: An Operational Perspective of the Universe in which the Reinforcing and Balancing structures were developed. This article develops a set of frequently recurring structures resulting from various combinations of Reinforcing and Balancing structures. new (Added: 13-Dec-2006 Hits: 136 )The Way of SystemsBy Gene Bellinger - This is the third article by Gene Bellinger's Systems Thinking. A more comprehensive treatment of the archetypes as well as strategies for dealing with them is provided. new (Added: 13-Dec-2006 Hits: 181 )Systems Thinking PressBy n a - Systems Thinking Press Inc. has developed and released software templates designed to streamline an employer's strategic planning process - Workplace Management - Brief Article. Read for more information. new (Added: 13-Dec-2006 Hits: 108 )Literacy Today - Seeing the big pictureBy Neil McClelland - Neil McClelland explains why systems thinking is the key to building a literate nation, Literacy Today, September 2001. new (Added: 13-Dec-2006 Hits: 162 )Rethinking What We Do And How We Do ItBy Malis E. Huston - Learn how applying systems thinking strategies can improve business processes. Results to date suggest that dialogue-driven systems thinking tools can inform deep systemic change which encourages heightened levels of team work. Cross training is a particularly useful strategy for furthering collaborative relationships. With a new emphasis on processes over structure, we now create flatter hierarchies. new (Added: 13-Dec-2006 Hits: 173 )
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